Distributer for flock



(NovModeI.)

G. MULLER. DISTRIBUTER POR PLOCK, SANDLTINSEL, 8vo.

Nm 425,338. Patented Apr. 8, 1890.

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'itnzsses: ,I Inventor UNITED STATES PATENT GEORGE MULLER, OFPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DiSTRIBUTER FOR FLOCK, SAND, TINSEL, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,338, dated April 8,1890.

Application filed November 5, 1889. Serial No. 329,367. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom zit may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE MULLER, a citizen of the Republic of France,residing` in the city and county of Philadelphia, in the State ofPennsylvania, United States of America, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Distributer Apparatus for Flock, Sand, Tinsel,and the Like, of which the following is a speciiication, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof.

My invention relates to the class of apparatus adapted to distributeflock, sand, tinsel, seeds, fertilizer material, and the like onto asurface by means of a current of air; and my object is to provide acheap, simple, durable, and portable apparatus whereby a constant,steady, and even distribution of material can be obtained.

It consists, further, in certain novel features of construction andcombinations of parts, hereinafter more fully set forth and specificallyclaimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is atop plan view of my distribnter apparatus.Fig. 2 is a transversevertical sectional View of the entire apparatusand represented as in operation. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional viewtaken on the line fr :t of Fig. 2. Fig. lis a face view of theapparatus, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of the air-injector nozzleprovided with a stopcoclr for regulating the supply of air to theapparatus.

Referring to the drawings, A is a hopper or suitable vessel forcontaining the material to be distributed. I prefer to so construct thehopper that the end body sections a a present oppositely-inclinedsurfaces to the contents and have a space between them at the base ofthe hopper to form an outlet-port ctx therefrom, and the ends of saidsections beveled, so that the entire contents thereof will feed itselfto the outlet-port. The side sections a a are vertically set, and ontheir innermost side are provided with grooved ways b h, for a purposehereinafter more fully set forth.

The top or cover of the hopper is provided with a screw-threaded nozzleand cap AX, whereby the hopper may be filled with ma terial fordistribution.

B is a diaphragm located within the hopper,

it being preferably a flat plate of metal or other suitable material,its bottom edge tapered to lit the outlet-port ax of the hopper andadapted to slide in the grooved ways b h within said hopper, and isprovided on one side at or near its upper edge with a racksegment bx,for a vpurpose hereinafter set forth. This diaphragm is raised andlowered by means of a shaft C, suitably journaled in the sides of thehopper near its top and carrying a pinion-wheelorrack-segment c, whichmeshes with the rack-segment ZJX on the diaphragm, and is operated by athumb-wheel cX on one end of the shaft C beyond the hopper, to the endthat the discharge of the contents of the hopper through the outlet-portax can be regulated or prevented at will.

D is a casing, preferably constructed to the form shown, is attached toand supports the hopper A, and is in open communication with theoutlet-port thereof.

D is a bell.- mouthed ejector -nozzle or spreader for the contents ofthe hopper, and forms part of the casing D, and DX is an airinjectornozzle in the rear of the casing near the base thereof, to which isconnected 'a ilexible tube E. I preferably interpose between theair-injector nozzle andthe liexible tube a suitable stop-cock or valveD2 to control the air-current. In operation the tube E is at itsopposite end attached to a blower apparatus for the supply of a currentof air to the distributer.

F is a brush-wheel suitablyj ournaled within the casing D and extendingthe width thereof, and of such diameter as to leave only a small spacebetween its periphery and the outlet port a of the hopper above it andthe bottom of the casing D below it.

G represents flock, sand, tinsel, and the like within the hopper.

In operation, the flexible tube E being connected to a suitable blowerapparatus for the supply of a current of air to the distributer, thevalve D2 open, and the hopper A charged with the material to bedistributed, and the diaphragm B raised, the contents G of the hopperwill feed itself through the outlet-port ax onto the brush-wheel F, andthe current of air entering the casing D will rotate the brushwhecl in adirection opposite to its own direction, and the contents of the hopperconse- IOC quently fed evenly onto the periphery of the brush-wheel,from which it will be blown when in direct contact with the air-currentand discharged from the casing D through the ej ector-nozzle or spreaderD onto the desired surface, all as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 2.

To cut off the supply of distributing` material, as will be obvious, itis only necessary to lower the diaphragm B by means of the thumb-wheel cand its connections until it closes the outlet-port ax of the hopper.The force of the air-current can be easily regulated by operating` thestop-cock or valve D2.

An apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention provides avready means for distributing flock, sand, tinsel, and the like fordecorating purposes, and seeds, fertilizer material, and the like foragricultural purposes.

l I do not wish to be understood as restricting myself to the exact formof construction taining a rotary brush-wheel suitably journaled therein,a hopper mounted on said casing and adapted to feed its contents ontothe periphery of said wheel, and means for supplying a current of air tosaid casing, whereby the wheel is rotated and the material depositedthereon blown therefrom and discharged through the ej ector-nozzleorspreader, as described, and for the purposes set forth. I

2. An apparatus for distributing flock, sand, tinsel, and the like,consisting -of a casing formed or provided with an ejector-nozzle orspreader and an air-injector nozzle, and con taining a rotarybrush-wheel suitably journaled therein, a hopper mounted on saidlcasingand adapted to feed its contents onto the periphery of said wheel, andmeans for supplying a current of air to said casing, whereby the wheelis rotated and the material deposited thereon blown therefrom anddischarged 'through the ejector-nozzle or spreader, and supplementarymeans for regulating the force of said air-current, as described, andfor the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed Inv name this 6th day ofApril, A. D. 1889.

GEORGE MULLER.

In presence of- JoI-IN J oLLEY, Jr., OHAs. BUSH.

